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Democrats hold electoral edge
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
YPSILANTI, Mich. - When
President Bush takes a look at the
electoral map
these days, he
knows exactly
how Bill
Clinton feels.
With little
more than two
weeks until
Election Day,
Clinton has an
overwhelming
lead in state-
by-state polls,
particularly in
major states, and could win in a
Analysts predict Clinton to win race
by landslide similar to Bush'88 victory
Clinton
landslide if the election were held
today.The Democrat's electoral
edge is a virtual mirror image of
the huge advantage Bush enjoyed
at this point of the campaign four
years ago — and Bush went on to
win 40 states and 426 of a possible
538 Electoral College votes.
Analysts in both parties
caution that things could change
in the final 15 days, with a final
debate Monday night, but
acknowledge Clinton is poised for
definitive victory.
"Bush has not been able to
change the subject and get this
election decided on something
other than the economy," said
Republican strategist John Sears.
"Right now, people are
answering 'No' to the question,
'Do you want four more years of
George Bush?' and that is
reflected in Clinton's lead in all
these states."
"Something big has got to
happen for Bush to turn this thin'g
around and I'm not sure how
Bush makes it happen," said
Democratic pollster Geoffrey
Garin. Clinton aides, fearful of
sounding overconfident, are
reluctant to discuss their Electoral
College strategy, or the
implications of their big lead.
The Arkansas governor himself
was annoyed Saturday when
asked about the possibility of a
landslide victory.
"It's way premature," Clinton
said. "This election is a long way
from over — 17 days is a lifetime
in public life."
The Bush campaign,
acknowledging its predicament,
nevertheless insists Clinton's
support is soft and that enough of
the Democrat's supporters can be
persuaded to support Bush.
Bush has millions of dollars on
hand for an end-of-campaign
advertising blitz, and Clinton
aides predict some states will shift
allegiances in a "natural
tightening" of the race that
they've been predicting for weeks.
Baker faces failure in Bush's campaign
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — He started as the strate
gist and became part of the strategy.
What began as a farpiliar call to James A.
Baker III to rescue President Bush's stalled re-
election campaign has escalated to a promise
that he would take charge of the economy in a
second term. And other aides raised the possi
bility he would deliver a major speech this
week.
Not in anyone's political memory has a top
aide come so close to virtually pre-empting the
presidential candidate. Was this an admission
by Bush that his old friend, his man for all jobs
and seasons, was more credible with voters
than he, the president? Will Baker, or Bush
even, get a second chance?
"It's very strange. They clearly are looking
for a miracle worker," said Robert Schmuhl,
an associate professor of American Studies at
Notre Dame.
After decades of winning. Baker could be
about to lose.
Jim Baker is no ordinary government offi-
Baker
cial, not a guy who easily
fits that capital shorthand
appellation of top aide or
senior official.
He is one of those quin
tessential Washington fig
ures who come along once
a generation or so, whose
careers define the potential
of unelected power in a city
dominated by those who
proudly wear the title
"politician."
Financier Bernard Baruch set the standard
during the Roosevelt years. Dean Acheson was
one and Clark Clifford another.
John McCloy, Averell Harriman and Robert
Strauss make this very small, very establish
ment list. Some aspire, come close, don't quite
make it.
Baker has the resume. Undersecretary of
commerce during the Ford administration.
White House chief of staff during Ronald Rea
gan's first term, and treasury secretary in his
second.
The day after the election in 1988, Bush an
nounced his secretary of state. His choice was
Baker.
His reputation for getting the job done be
gan in 1976, when President Gerald R. Ford re
cruited him to help overcome a Republican
nomination challenge from Ronald Reagan.
Before long. Baker's code name on the White
House communications system was "Miracle
Worker."
That reputation persists, justified in part by
a remarkable record in government and poli
tics, as well as a dazzling collection of newspa
per clips. No one in Washington more assidu
ously cultivates the media and protects his im
age than Baker.
A common thread is Baker's insistence that
he is not a politician.
He'd like to be remembered as a figure of
substance, as treasury secretary and even more
as secretary of state. When he got that job four
years ago. Baker thought he had finally moved
above the seamy business of politics.
But he could never shake free.
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OK Deng's policies
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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BEIJING, CHINA - The
Communist Party, holding
what is likely to be its last con
gress under
paramount
leader Deng
Xiaoping,
approved a
new, slight
ly younger
group of
leaders Sun
day that ex
cluded rank
ing hard-lin
ers.
Xiaoping
The congress closed with a
resolution praising Deng and
endorsing his policy of adopt
ing capitalist practices to pre
serve Communist rule.
Red flags and a huge ham
mer and sickle decorated the
Great Hall of the People, where
delegates chose the 319-member
Central Committee. Then the
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than a decade.
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failed, and there is no guarantee
it will work this time.
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congress
force.
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ting the tone of the speedi
and choosing the candidate
the Central Committee.
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